Ancient Onyx color palette — #E1EBE6 · #80928D · #756476 · #002E43 · #000201

A conversation between Midnight and Graphite, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E1EBE6): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Eucalyptus (#80928D): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Graphite (#756476): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Midnight (#002E43): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Onyx into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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